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GIMNAZJUM I LICEUM UMIEJĘTNOŚCI TWÓRCZYCH W ŁODZI

Our school is fairly young. It was established in 1998. The school comprises of a lower education school (Gimnazjum), where the students are aged 12-14 and higher education school (Liceum) where the students are aged 15-18.

OUR MISSION:
-shaping young people’s attitudes by showing them the world from different perspectives
-guiding and assisting them on their way to adulthood
-enhancing their natural talents by engaging them into various activities
-building their sense of individuality
-heightening their level of tolerance by integrating with others

CLASSES:
-small classes (10-20) students
-language courses, the classes even smaller
-‘individual approach’: the number of students enables better student-student and student-teacher relations
-we have introduced channels of communication with parents, because we believe we are an important part in the process of their upbringing

LANGUAGE COURSES:
-groups of approximately 10 students
-two foreign languages obligatory (as opposed to one in other schools)
-five lessons of one foreign language and three of the other
-English compulsory
-French, Italian, German and Russian to choose from

ADDITIONAL COURSES:
-journalism classes
-creative proceedings classes
-architecture classes

AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES:
-theatre group
-fashion classes
-music band
-photography classes
-classes for students with learning difficulties

STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS:
-integrating all students
-students with hearing impairments or other learning difficulties attend regular language courses, it is the role of the teachers to support and help them
-we adjust teaching to the needs of these students by introducing various teaching techniques